Ecton

English

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Ecca + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Proper noun

Ecton (countable and uncountable, plural Ectons)

1. A village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, east of Northampton, and previously in Wellingborough district (OS grid ref SP8263).
2. A hamlet in Wetton parish, Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK0958).
3. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Ecton is the 49365^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 426 individuals. Ecton is most common among White (81.22%) and Black/African American (16.2%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ecton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 511.